Lawn rake



Dec. 29, 1936. NH. SHERMAN I 2,065,830

LAWN RAKE Filed Feb. 13, 1936 Patented Dec. 29, 1936 LAWN RAKE Norman H. Sherman, Toledo, Ohio, assignor of one-half to Benjamin R. Odland, Toledo, Ohio Application February 13, 1936, Serial No. 63,761

1 Claim. (01. 55-10) This invention relates to lawn rakes and is more particularly directed to the teeth of such rakes.

It has heretofore been proposed to provide material, and greatly increases the capacity of the rake. Spaced, depending, curved teeth 4 are formed integral with the lower edge of the body I and continue the curvature of the body. The

5 elongated, curved teeth for a lawn rake stamped teeth are evenly curved to a point about one-half 5 from sheet metal and embossed centrally so that inch rearwardly of their points so as to leave the curved and offset parts of the teeth act as flat nose parts 5 for contact with the ground. runners in their contact with the ground. In The teeth are of V-form in cross-section with devices of this character, however, the edges of their apex portions facing outward with respect the teeth are flat in a plane perpendicular to the to the lengthwise curve of the teeth and are also 10 direction in which the rake is pulled with the tapered to points from their inner ends outwardpurpose of gripping and pulling out the roots of 1y, thus making the teeth of wedge form and proweeds which may be growing in the lawn. Furviding the spaces therebetween of similar wedge ther, it has been the practice to space the points form with their narrow ends at the inner end of the teeth vertically from the ground so as to portions of the teeth. The free side edges 1 of 15 prevent injury to the turf. the teeth, which face upwardly and rearwardly,

It has been observed that every common weed are sharpened to have a cutting coaction on the which infests lawns grows with a central root and top portions of weeds which pass into the tapered has a top spreading substantially fiat against the spaces between the teeth as the rake is pulled ground from the root. It is found that a rake rearwardly. It is found in practice that if the 20 having teeth which are in' contact with the weed tops are not severed from the roots as the ground for a substantial distance will get under sharp edges of the teeth pass across the same, the fiat top part of a weed and raise it to a posiduring a rearward pull of the rake, the weeds will tion where it may be cut off or the root pulled become sufliciently wedged within the narrow out. Most weeds are as effectively killed by cutends of the spaces between the teeth as to cause 25 ting off the tops as by uprooting the entire a pulling of the weeds from the ground, particugrowth. larly if the soil is sufficiently soft to facilitate It is the primary object of the present invensuch pulling. The combined cutting and pulling tion to provide a rake head having teeth so action is very eificient, however, in at least elimishaped as to get under and raise the flat top parts mating the top portions of weeds from the lawn. 30 of weeds, and subsequently cut off such top parts. A handle 8 is received in the body extension 2 Another object of the invention is the proviand fixed therein in any ab e manner. sion of a rake head formed from a single piece of While the invention has been described in sheet metal punched and embossed to give the connection with teeth of a particular form, it

desired characteristics to the finished product. should be appreciated that Various modifications 35 Other objects and advantages of the invention and changes may be made in the form of the will become apparent as the description proceeds, body and of the teeth without departing from reference being had to the accompanying drawthe invention as defined in the app Claiming, in which- Having thus described my invention, what I Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rake conclaim as new, and desire to secure by United structed in accordance with the present inven- States Letters Patent, is: tion; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; In a rake, a handle, a body connected to the Figs. 3 and 4 are fragmentary sectional views on handle transversely thereof and being curved in lines 3-3 and 44 of Fig. 2, respectively, Fig. 4 cross section and formed with teeth at the lower being slightly enlarged, and Fig. 5 is a. perspective portion of the body having elongated flat nose- 45 view of a single tooth constructed in accordance like parts at their free ends formed to provide with the present invention. runners which slide on the surface of a lawn or Referring to the drawing, I designates a rake the like, the remaining portions of the teeth head body formed from a single piece of sheet being of V-shape in cross section and sharpened 5 metal and having a handle extension 2 integral to form cutting edges at the top portion of each therewith and extending centrally from the rear side thereof, the teeth tapering from their inner and upper edge. The body I is punched with a ends toward their outer ends whereby to form plurality of holes 3 so as to weaken the resistwedge-like cutters between adjacent teeth, said ance of the body against flexure and allow the cutting edges being disposed at an angle to the rake to bend under a strained condition. Dur- 55 ing use of the rake, the curved body acts as a shield for the collection of grass, leaves and other sides of the teeth and lying in the same plane.

NORMAN H. SHERMAN. 

